Beach Fun!!

We just got back from our first family vacation, 5 days at the Oregon Coast! We all had a wonderful time, and Kai loved playing on the beach and in the ocean. He learned very quickly where the ocean was, and could point it out by our first morning there! We lucked out with beautiful weather about half the time we were there...not bad for Oregon. We mostly hung out around our rental house and played on the beach, with few excursions for sight-seeing such as the Oregon Coast Aquarium and Yaquina Bay Lighthouse. Grandma Nancy and Grandpa Dave joined us for one night, and babysat so Joe and I could have an excursion of our own! And since no vacation is complete without a little drama, I decided to run my foot into a corner molding on the wall last night. (Should have listened to my Mom when she told me not to rough house inside the house!) After seeing all the pretty colors on my foot today, and the amazing feat of having a swollen  pinky toe (I always wondered if you could tell when it swells), the official word is that it could be broken, but no x-rays were done since there's not really any treatment anyway. We had so much fun, tonight we're exhausted and not really looking forward to jumping back into reality tomorrow. I'll share a teaser photo, and I promise I'll share more after we get settled back in.

In my opinion, a classic Oregon Coast shot...

Hair blowing in the wind, beautiful skies, winter coat in July, and a grin from ear to ear!